Hello Team 3V Parents,

            I hope you all enjoyed your Halloween weekend.  It was wonderful to see you at parent conferences and I appreciate your support of your child and our class.  They are certainly coming together and forming a wonderful community.

Here’s an insight into our day:

In math we wrapped up our chapter on subtraction with regrouping and subtracting across zeros.  Today we will began our unit on addition and subtraction word problems. We will also tackle two step word problems.

In reading, we are continuing character traits, how a character changes over the course of the story, and how this effects the story.   The students will begin writing about their reading and citing evidence from the story to support their ideas.  We will also be exploring nouns – what is a noun, common and proper nouns, pronouns, and abstract nouns.

During writer’s workshop we continue to write personal narratives.  The students will be focusing on constructing engaging leads.

            We are continuing our study of closed syllables in phonics.  This concept will support the students in reading and writing multi-syllable words.

Upcoming events/Odds and Ends:

            I have created a classroom blog that can be found at http://www.vittoriavillagevoice.blogspot.com/  I will be posting my newsletter there rather than sending home a paper copy.  If you wish to still receive the paper copy, send in a note with your child or just send me a quick email at kvittoria@sau66.org.  I will email you to let you know when the blog has been updated.

            As I mentioned during parent conferences, I am compiling a list of websites for students to practice math and sites that students can use to get in their reading time at home.  I will send that home within the next week or so.

  A note from Kim Emerson:  Kids Kreation fundraisers were sent home. If you would like your child to create a different artwork or second artwork, additional order forms are available in the office.  Younger siblings are welcome to participate as well - submit the form and artwork with the older sibling's grade/classroom.  Each artwork needs its own order form.  

In order to receive the items prior to Christmas, all forms and any new artworks are due by Thursday, November 5th.   The stickers inside the form are yours to keep.  Thank you for your support.

Finally, if you allow your child to have Halloween candy for snack or during lunch, please limit it to one piece a day. This is in line with our wellness policy.

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Vittoria